Multianalytical study of palaeolithic reindeer antler. Discovery of antler traces in Lascaux pigments by TEM

Archaeometry

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 516-534

  Chadefaux, Celine ^a   Vignaud, Colette ^a   Menu, Michel ^a   Reiche, Ina ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ET DE RESTAURATION DES MUSÉES DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Antler; Crystallinity; Diagenesis; Extender; Hydroxylapatite; Lascaux; Palaeolithic period; Pigments; Rockart paintings; Tem

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ARTIFACT; CRYSTALLINITY; DEER; DIAGENESIS; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; PALEOLITHIC; PIGMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 43149113447     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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